Bite the bullet: A surprise ingredient in a British Airways flight leaves something to chew on the passenger

A business class fare with BA means superior service and superior ingredients.

However, this exotic inclusion almost caused the choking of a passenger during his meal in flight.

When Dr. Brown received the dinner menu on his British Airways flight between London and Chicago O'Hare, he was surprised to have to be warned of a "very low risk of bullet fragments".

"You make fun of me," wrote the radio host on Twitter, accompanied by the caption "The menu in British Airways flight between London and Chicago".

The dish in question was Home Counties venison stew with rosemary balls, grilled chestnuts and faded cabbage. Yet, as if to add an extra layer of authenticity to the menu, the airline had chosen to include the extraordinary disclaimer that implied that the animal had reached its end in the parks at suede of the Home Counties in the line of sight of a rifle.

"I traveled first class from Mumbai to Heathrow, and this article was certainly not on the menu," he told the Sun online.

"I did not order, but I found it very strange," said the passenger from North Carolina.

An answer to his tweed said that it was so that American compatriots on board could not sue the airline.

"I told him that he might very well be right," Dr. Brown said.

A spokesman for British Airways said: "These warnings are there as a precaution and are a common practice, we are looking for the best British ingredients for our flight menu and this is no exception." Although the statement does not specify where exactly the deer was purchased for the flight.

In response to this story, the food standards agency told a magazine specializing in simple theft that passengers should not worry about lead shot or similar game meat being served in meals on board an airplane:

"In general, the big game sold in supermarkets is farmed and contains no or very little lead.You do not have to worry about eating this type of game meat."

It is likely that this would also apply to British Airways, whose venison meal will come from a large supplier who was probably not shot. The "Home Counties" meal may not be so British after all, as some of the UK's largest suppliers of game meat for catering use New Zealand farm venison.

The disclaimer of the menu was probably a touch of color for the passengers rather than a real safe.

The British national airline has been in the habit of teaming up with maverick chefs, including Heston Blumenthal, whose additions to the menu and the wine list were meant to magnify the taste of the compressed air cabins. altitude.

However, not everyone is impressed by the meals served by BA.

British passenger Brian Horton, who flew from Florida to London last month, was left furious after only serving a cereal bar for breakfast aboard the $ 800 flight scheduled for eight o'clock.

"An hour before landing after an eight-hour flight, we were given an energy bar as breakfast," he told a comment. The sun newspaper. "I kept the packaging as a souvenir."

The airline was contacted for a statement regarding the origins of the meal "Venison stew of the counties of origin".